ESG
12-19-2022
The new EU legislation requires companies to report regularly on the effect of their activities on people and the environment.
12-21-2022
The goal is to reduce greenhouse gases and pollutant emissions in transport.
12-21-2022
For carriage of goods by road a written waybill will be mandatory which will have to have the stipulated minimum contents, including the price and costs of carriage, whereas for the carriage of goods by air specific measures are introduced for situations involving a public health emergency of international concern, among other new legislation.
12-16-2022
The text contains the set of rules that establish the limits for each type of vehicle in order to extend the reduction in total emissions by 2035.
12-14-2022
The Opinion of the Advocate General of the CJEU regarding an urban development project in the historical center of Vienna could create a new line of European case law that provides greater protection for historical, cultural or archaeological heritage.
12-12-2022
On December 13 the public information period ends for the bill amending Royal Decree 163/2014, creating the carbon footprint, offsetting and CO2 absorption projects register. The measures introduced by the proposed wording include the registration of so-called scope 3 emissions continuing to be voluntary for small and medium-sized companies.
12-09-2022
The new EU rules, which will have to be transposed into national law, promote more balanced representation on the boards of listed companies in all Member States.
11-28-2022
In a new edition of “Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs”, José Vicente Iglesias, a partner in Garrigues’ Tax Department, discussed with Javier Martín, professor of Financial and Tax Law, the increasing importance attached to taxation from the corporate governance perspective.
11-24-2022
Member States will take these guidelines into account in determining their employment policies and reform programs, in line with other initiatives to foster sustainability.
11-24-2022
Tomás Pessanha and Gonçalo Almeida Garrett prepared the chapter dedicated to Portugal of the annual report on non-financial information (ESG) of Thomson Reuters.